T07 · Tool Hijacking and Spoofing
Warning
- Location
- scripts/post_jike.py:78
- Finding
- False Publication Success and Fabricated Publishing State## Vulnerability Details **File Location**: `scripts/post_jike.py:78-107` and `scripts/post_jike.py:165-170` **Vulnerability Type**: False tool-operation success reporting **Risk Level**: Medium ### Vulnerable Code ```python def post_to_jike(content): """ Post content to Jike using browser automation. This is a reference implementation showing the workflow. In practice, you would use OpenClaw's browser tool directly. Args: content: Text content to post Returns: bool: True if successful, False otherwise """ print(f"📝 Posting to Jike...") print(f"Content: {content[:50]}{'...' if len(content) > 50 else ''}") print(f"Length: {len(content)} characters") steps = [ f"1. Open {JIKE_URL}", "2. Take snapshot to get element refs", "3. Click textbox", "4. Type content", "5. Click send button", "6. Verify post appeared" ] print("\nSteps:") for step in steps: print(f" {step}") print("\n✅ Post workflow defined. Use OpenClaw browser tool to execute.") return True ``` ```python # Post success = post_to_jike(content) if success: write_state(content) print("\n✅ Success! State updated.") return 0 ``` ### Technical Analysis The `post_to_jike()` function performs no browser automation, API request, or network communication with Jike. It only prints a proposed workflow and explicitly states that the OpenClaw browser tool must be used separately. Despite performing no publication, the function unconditionally returns `True`. The caller interprets this value as evidence that publication succeeded, writes the supplied content and current timestamp to `jike-state.json`, prints a success message, and exits with status code zero. No verification is performed to confirm that the content appeared on Jike. This creates a s ...[truncated 1569 chars]
- Remediation
- ## Remediation Suggestions 1. Implement the browser automation represented by the script before returning success. 2. Verify publication through a reliable postcondition, such as locating the submitted content or a unique post identifier in the authenticated Jike session. 3. Return `True` only after this verification succeeds; return `False` for navigation, authentication, submission, timeout, and verification failures. 4. Update `jike-state.json` only after confirmed publication. 5. If the file is intentionally only a workflow demonstration, rename it accordingly and return a nonzero or explicit “not implemented” result instead of success. 6. Distinguish result states such as `submitted`, `verified`, `failed`, and `not_implemented` rather than using an unconditional Boolean. 7. Add tests that assert state is not modified when no browser action occurs or when publication verification fails.